{"slug": "world-heritage-site", "label": "World Heritage Site", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9259", "qid": "Q9259", "description": "place of significance listed by UNESCO", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [1255, 2025], "span_label": ["1255 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["UNESCO World Heritage Site", "UNESCO World Heritage Sites", "UNESCO World heritage site", "World Heritage", "World Heritage List", "World Heritage Sites"], "related": [{"slug": "unesco", "label": "UNESCO", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bourges", "label": "Bourges", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parthia", "label": "Parthia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gabon", "label": "Gabon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-ix-of-france", "label": "Louis IX of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chartres-cathedral", "label": "Chartres Cathedral", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "second-bulgarian-empire", "label": "Second Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uganda", "label": "Uganda", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1255, "year_label": "1255 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Gothic cathedral at Bourges in central France, is completed (it will become a UNESCO World Heritage Site).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315790496#Art_and_Culture", "title": "1255", "revid": 1315790496, "section": "Events › By topic › Art and Culture"}}, {"year": 1259, "year_label": "1259 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed (the church and its murals are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482647#Europe", "title": "1259", "revid": 1362482647, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1260, "year_label": "1260 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France (the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366894029#Arts_and_culture", "title": "1260", "revid": 1366894029, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and culture"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November", "text": "November – Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast is included in the first tranche of UNESCO World Heritage Sites designated in the UK", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355503671#Events", "title": "1986 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1355503671, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 - The Hortobágy National Park becomes a World Heritage Site", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340884770#November", "title": "1999 in Hungary", "revid": 1340884770, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28: UNESCO designates 22 new World Heritage Sites, including Sydney Opera House, Canada's Rideau Canal, Japan's Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Turkmenistan's Parthian Fortresses of Nisa, India's Red Fort complexes, the Lope-Okanda Landscape of Gabon, the Richtersveld desert of South Africa, the rock carvings of Twyfelfontein in Namibia, the fortified tower houses of Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China, Teide National Park in the Canary Islands, Spain, ancient beech forests of Central Europe, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bordeaux and the Port de la Lune in France, the Old Town of Corfu in Greece, the Palace of Galerius in Gamzigrad-Romuliana in Serbia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328113268#June", "title": "2007 in Bosnia and Herzegovina", "revid": 1328113268, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – The Ruins of Loropéni were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 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